Covid-19 lab test non-cdc at St. Luke's Health Memorial Livingston

1717 Highway 59 Bypass, Livingston, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1689650616

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$31.35

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$209.00

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$43.10 with CHC vs $207.29 with BCBS-TX — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $43.10 ↑ +37%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $43.10 ↑ +37%
UNITED Medicaid|CHIP $43.10 ↑ +37%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $43.10 ↑ +37%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $43.10 ↑ +37%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $43.10 ↑ +37%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $43.10 ↑ +37%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $43.10 ↑ +37%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicaid|STARPLUS $43.96 ↑ +40%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $45.26 ↑ +44%
United Commercial|Exchange $45.98 ↑ +47%
TCHP Medicaid|CHIP $47.21 ↑ +51%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $47.21 ↑ +51%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $47.21 ↑ +51%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $48.63 ↑ +55%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $48.63 ↑ +55%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARPLUS $48.63 ↑ +55%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $50.43 ↑ +61%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $50.43 ↑ +61%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $51.31 ↑ +64%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $51.31 ↑ +64%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Other Plans $51.31 ↑ +64%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $51.31 ↑ +64%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $51.31 ↑ +64%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $51.82 ↑ +65%
Wellpoint Medicare|All Plans $52.85 ↑ +69%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $54.90 ↑ +75%
MD Save Commercial|All Plans $64.14 ↑ +105%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $75.24 ↑ +140%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $76.97 ↑ +146%
Angelina County Commercial|All Plans $82.10 ↑ +162%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $97.49 ↑ +211%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $100.00 ↑ +219%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $100.32 ↑ +220%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $127.49 ↑ +307%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $133.41 ↑ +326%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $142.12 ↑ +353%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $146.30 ↑ +367%
Brookshire Brothers Commercial|All Plans $153.93 ↑ +391%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $169.32 ↑ +440%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $179.59 ↑ +473%
Galaxy Commercial|All Plans $188.10 ↑ +500%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $207.29 ↑ +561%

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Covid-19 lab test non-cdc at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $81.11 $42.24 – $107.75
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $81.76 $47.41 – $74.40
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE $97.01 $42.24 – $107.75
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $83.36 $42.24 – $107.75
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $92.05 $40.95 – $197.25
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $89.25 $36.94 – $255.00
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $39.90 $46.18 – $205.20
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $31.35 $43.10 – $188.10

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